Learned helplessness

There are definitely issues in the arrest policies - including victim blaming, learned helplessness, and dual-arrests, which in turn target the victim and further their pain and suffering. It is essential that we educate others and learn how to overcome these issues by avoiding such concerns. Finally, as the book states – we must also attempt…

1. Prejudice- I learned that prejudice is something that we humans do in order to categorize our world around us. We have to learn how to curb it though because it can easily turn into something that seriously affects our world, even simple little thoughts like “choosy moms chose Jif!” Prejudice doesn’t necessarily mean negative attitude. 2. Stereotyping- This is a oversimplified belief about someone/something. Stereotyping seems to overlap with prejudice but both have their different meanings.…

manner that almost makes it seem that his scenario is unfolding right in front of the reader. A good example of this can be seen within chapter 9 of Hillbilly Elegy, where the author describes his experience working at a local grocery store: I also learned how people gamed the welfare system. They’d buy two dozen packs of soda with food stamps and then sell them at a discount for cash. They’d ring up their orders separately, buying…

The 3rd -grade students in Elliott's study are around 8-9 years old. According to their age in Piaget's theory, they are in the concrete operational stage. Apart from their age placing them in that stage, the children are able to think logically about the study they were under. In the class divided video the children wearing the collars were able to express their feelings, as they were less than themselves and distracted by the collars. On the first day of the study when the blue-eyed children…

traumatized Bradley and define stressful events in his life. The problem behavior (social anxiety) continues to occur due to Bradley’s biological vulnerability, family factors, and stressful life events is beginning to influence his sense of learned helplessness or uncontrollability about his surrounding environment. These factors combined together contribute to Bradley’s escape- motivated…

Clinical depression is having feelings such as helplessness, hopelessness and worthlessness and other negative feelings for weeks, months or even years at a time. Clinical depression is very popular in teenagers. Clinical depression in teenagers and adults are very different. When dealing with teenagers…

women’s rights. Women were normally sacrificed their lives for other people’s feeling, or devoted themselves for their husbands’ happiness. A good example about sacrificial role held by women is Nora’s friend, Mrs Linde. In order to support her helplessness mother and two brothers, she had chosen to abandon her true love, and married an old rich man. Especially, Nora Helmer, a main character in A Doll’s House, exemplifies a…

invalidated and humiliated may lead to fatigue and build up of anger that may cause them life-changing effects such as change in career decisions and etc. It may cause a domino effect in the individual’s life, until they just stop trying and acquire learned helplessness. Another reason why blatant discrimination may cause less harmful impacts than microaggression is that when blatant belittling remarks are expressed, the oppressed are better in dealing with it when they are prepared rather than…

My Sister’s Keeper is the story of the Fitzgerald family. Sara and Brian Fitzgerald had two children, Jesse and Kate. When Kate was only 2 years old, they learned that she had leukemia. They immediately started chemotherapy treatments for Kate; however, her doctor, Dr. Chance, suggested that she would eventually need bone marrow transplants from a donor that was related to her. Kate’s brother Jesse, who was only 4 years old at the time, was tested, but he was not a match and he could not help…

Charlotte Bohra English II honors Brunner 2 January 2017 In Unbroken, the author Laura Hillenbrand, explores the themes of identity and redemption through the life story of Louis Zamperini. Known as “Louie,” he was famous Olympic runner, war hero, and prisoner of war (POW) during the 1940’s and 1950’s. Unbroken is about the indomitable human spirit which Louie embodies. Throughout the various episodes of his life, Louie struggles with his identity and ultimately through these struggles he is…